Crew Signs International Defender

One of the rumored pending signings has now taken place for the Crew. Today, the club announced
it had signed 29-year-old Brazilian defender Gláuber Leandro Honorato Berti. Terms were not
disclosed.

He will pair with Chad Marshall as a central defender. This likely means Danny O'Rourke will
slide a bit further up the field and line up at defensive midfielder and Josh Williams will suit up
at right back.

Berti most recently played with Rapid Bucharest of the Romanian First Division but has also
played for Manchester City in the English Premier League, FC Nurnberg of the German Bundesliga and
a pair of teams in his native Brazil.

“One of our primary goals over the course of this offseason was to shore-up our backline and
improve our overall defensive core,” Crew technical director Brian Bliss said in a statement. “
Today we added a player that helps us accomplish that goal. Gláuber is a player with strong
international pedigree, and he immediately makes us better. We look forward to having him in camp.”&
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He will report pending receipt of his International Transfer Visa.

I will have more after today's training session, which starts at 10:15 a.m.